It's the one area that seems to attract a deafening silence. Do they exist for OSX? My needs are humble ... a Canon 1220U ... go on, they're all built in to 10.2.
<strong>It's the one area that seems to attract a deafening silence. Do they exist for OSX? My needs are humble ... a Canon 1220U ... go on, they're all built in to 10.2.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I THINK Canon finally released the drivers for the 1220u too. I know they did for the 1240u (since I have it). BUT they will only work with Photoshop 7. I havent tried GraphicConverter.
In any case, I use VueScan. No problems whatsoever. Bless that guy's soul.
I have VueScan. Great product! Well worth the $. Needs a little UI tweaking (perhaps some Apple-izing). Apple should buy this guy out. Give him a job. Set their UI guys loose and bundle this as part of X...perhaps integrated w/iPhoto.
I dont see the value in vuescan ( yes it works great ), because it costs half of what my scanner cost ( cannon 670 ).
I downloaded the OSX beta drivers from canon, which work pretty well ( they have crashed a couple if times ).
The big issue is the lack of support for scanning as an operation in OS X. I want to store my photos in iPhoto, but you cant import from a scanner.
As a result I use graphic converter ( the only shareware program i could find to do scanning ) and my scans are scattered everywhere but iPhoto.
I hope canon get of their asses and release the final driver at some point. It has a neat multi photo mode ( put 3 photos in the scanner, and get three straightened images out ) that graphic converter doesnt support - or just doesnt work.
I dont know where you can find them, but they are out there ( and its not the photoshop plugin for OS X ).
In Jaguar (10.2) the "Image Capture" app has a button in the preferences that says "When Scanner Button is pressed, open following app..." And you get to choose what application starts or applescript gets activated.
Unfortunately, my Canon 1240u does seem to do anything with Image Capture. I set it so that when I pressed a scanner button it would open VueScan. Alas, nothing at all happened with any of the buttons pushed.
Does anyone know if there is a list of supported scanners? Havent actually bothered looking around
<strong>Here's a list of all the scanners that will work in OS X according to the Macintosh Products Guide:
CanoScan LiDE 30 USB Flatbed Scanner
CanoScan LiDE 20 USB Flatbed Scanner
</strong><hr></blockquote>
oh dont tell me that its gonna be a case of "only latest hardware supported". I have the 1240u (the LiDE 30 is the new version of it) and I dont have support... WTF.
Well, maybe that means only 32 scanners are supported out-of-the-box. Check Cannon's web site to see if OS X drivers are available for your particular model.
"Thank you for your email regarding OS 10.x drivers for the Mac.
Due to the complexity of testing the functions of the scanners with the new operating system the current range of scanners do not support Mac OS X. This is to ensure that when Canon release a new scanner driver, it will meet the expectations of our customers. Although the current scanners do not support OS X, they should operate in "Classic" mode.
Push button (where applicable) is not supported under "Classic" mode.
Please keep your eye on the Canon UK (www.canon.co.uk) web site and as soon as there is a driver available we will have a direct link from the front page of the canon website to the scanners download section".
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low-fi
I have used this program. It is fine under OS X.
P.
<strong>It's the one area that seems to attract a deafening silence. Do they exist for OSX? My needs are humble ... a Canon 1220U ... go on, they're all built in to 10.2.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I THINK Canon finally released the drivers for the 1220u too. I know they did for the 1240u (since I have it). BUT they will only work with Photoshop 7. I havent tried GraphicConverter.
In any case, I use VueScan. No problems whatsoever. Bless that guy's soul.
<strong>You can get VueScan (http://www.apple.com/macosx/gems/vuescan.html) Your scanner is on the list of supported scanners.
I have used this program. It is fine under OS X.
P.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I have VueScan. Great product! Well worth the $. Needs a little UI tweaking (perhaps some Apple-izing). Apple should buy this guy out. Give him a job. Set their UI guys loose and bundle this as part of X...perhaps integrated w/iPhoto.
Andy
I downloaded the OSX beta drivers from canon, which work pretty well ( they have crashed a couple if times ).
The big issue is the lack of support for scanning as an operation in OS X. I want to store my photos in iPhoto, but you cant import from a scanner.
As a result I use graphic converter ( the only shareware program i could find to do scanning ) and my scans are scattered everywhere but iPhoto.
I hope canon get of their asses and release the final driver at some point. It has a neat multi photo mode ( put 3 photos in the scanner, and get three straightened images out ) that graphic converter doesnt support - or just doesnt work.
I dont know where you can find them, but they are out there ( and its not the photoshop plugin for OS X ).
Unfortunately, my Canon 1240u does seem to do anything with Image Capture. I set it so that when I pressed a scanner button it would open VueScan. Alas, nothing at all happened with any of the buttons pushed.
Does anyone know if there is a list of supported scanners? Havent actually bothered looking around
CanoScan LiDE 30 USB Flatbed Scanner
Brother MFC-9030
CanoScan LiDE 20 USB Flatbed Scanner
EPSON Colorio Scanner GT-9300UF/GT-8300UF/GT-7300U - Flat Bed Scanner
Epson Expression 1600 Series
Epson Stylus Scan 2000
ES-6000H Scanner
ES-8500H Scanner
EverSmart
EverSmart Pro
HP LaserJet 3200m Printer-Fax-Copier-Scanner
HP OfficeJet D135
HP OfficeJet G85
IRIS Business Card Reader II
Lexmark X73 All-in-One Print Center
Lexmark X83 All-in-One Print Center
Microtek ArtixScan 1100
Microtek ArtixScan 2020
Microtek ArtixScan 2500
Microtek ArtixScan 4000T
Microtek ArtixScan 4500t
Microtek ArtixScan 6000XY
Microtek ScanMaker 5700
Microtek Scanmaker 6700
Microtek ScanMaker 8700
Nikon Coolscan IV ED
Polaroid SprintScan 120 Film Scanner
ScanWit 2740S
Super Coolscan 4000 ED
Super Coolscan 8000 ED
Umax Astra 6400
Umax Astra 6450
That's only 32. Very sad.
<strong>Here's a list of all the scanners that will work in OS X according to the Macintosh Products Guide:
CanoScan LiDE 30 USB Flatbed Scanner
CanoScan LiDE 20 USB Flatbed Scanner
</strong><hr></blockquote>
oh dont tell me that its gonna be a case of "only latest hardware supported". I have the 1240u (the LiDE 30 is the new version of it) and I dont have support... WTF.
10.2.1 or soon better bring more scanner support
"Thank you for your email regarding OS 10.x drivers for the Mac.
Due to the complexity of testing the functions of the scanners with the new operating system the current range of scanners do not support Mac OS X. This is to ensure that when Canon release a new scanner driver, it will meet the expectations of our customers. Although the current scanners do not support OS X, they should operate in "Classic" mode.
Push button (where applicable) is not supported under "Classic" mode.
Mac OS 9.x drivers are available from <a href="http://www.canon-europa.com/software/software_downloads"; target="_blank">www.canon-europa.com/software/software_downloads</a> or <a href="http://www.canon.co.uk."; target="_blank">www.canon.co.uk.</a>
Please keep your eye on the Canon UK (www.canon.co.uk) web site and as soon as there is a driver available we will have a direct link from the front page of the canon website to the scanners download section".